Post Voldemort's defeat. Harry's got a bit of a problem. He's finished off Voldemort, and according to the Prophecy he should finally have a life, right? So how come he feels so lost, and why is his magic getting away from him like he's 13 years old and blowing up Aunt Marge again every time Hermione and Ron are around? It was bloody embarassing, ... and now the Ministry is getting involved. AU. NOT A SEQUEL TO MAGIC NEVER DIES.
I lost the bet. The price was a one shot of Jazzy Georgie's choice. She came up with One of Them Under The Table. Not my usual style, and I'm utter pants at one shots... but here goes. Harry has a VERY bad day. Hermione makes it ALL better. Smutty Fluff. Enjoy! **ducks and runs**
from chapter 28... She rolled over in his arms then and tried to tell him so, how singular and lovely and irreplaceable every inch of skin, every thrum of pulse, every instinctual movement and sound he made was to her. It was hell to think of losing him, ever; it would be heaven to be able to simply give herself over to him without imagining the bitter taste of loss one day upon her lips. She lived now to sense for that moment when the rest of his preoccupations fell away from him as they came together, when she managed to draw him so certainly into their private cocoon of touch that the only thing he really cared about was where the next one would come and what it would feel like and how he could mimic its sensation back for her...
These are the first three chapters originally cut from Here With Me to start that story at Hogwarts. ***From Chapter 3: “Please don’t let us change,” Hermione said stormily into his neck. “I always want to be your friend, whatever it brings.” “You’ve got it,” he told her, letting himself draw her close. She felt wonderful, warm and sweet with the smell of grass in her hair, and he was lost. Even if she never felt any more for him than that, he knew with certainty he was lucky with what he had. “You always will be. No matter what.”***
FINAL CHAPTER POSTED Seventh Year Fic. Begins with the end of HBP and carries through the final confrontation with Voldemort.